Marianne Hattar-Pollara
California State University, USA
Title: Global Guidelines for Culturally Competent Nursing Practice
Biography
Biography: Marianne Hattar-Pollara
Abstract
Globalization and migration of populations including professional nurses has heightened the challenge of caring for patients and groups with different life experiences from those of health providers. It has also heightened the awareness of health and care inequities in populations within a society and across different countries. A task force comprised of members of the American Academy of Nursing and the Transcultural Nursing Society was formed for the purpose of proposing standards of nursing practice that promotes culturally congruent/competent and equitable care for diverse populations worldwide. The first draft was published in the Journal of Transcultural Nursing and subsequently presented at the 24th quadrennial ICN Congress. Nurses around the globe were invited to comment on the standards’ applicability, relevance, and completeness using the worldwide web. This presentation incorporates the input and feedback form nurses across the globe and discusses the process of global implementation of the guidelines.